Antenna Array Panel Millimeter Wave Signal Penetration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile computing device covers lack functional components to enhance wireless communication capabilities, particularly in penetrating millimeter wave signals through buildings and vehicles, due to limited antenna coverage and signal penetration challenges.
Innovation Solution
The Personal Cloud Case (PCCC) integrates antenna arrays capable of transmitting and receiving millimeter wave signals, with adjustable and flexible designs to provide 360-degree coverage, using antenna panels mounted on vehicles or buildings, and incorporating wireless charging and communication modules for enhanced connectivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If antenna arrays are integrated into device covers to provide wireless communication capabilities, then wireless connectivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the protective cover with antenna arrays and communication modules into a single integrated unit. The cover serves dual purposes: physical protection and wireless communication functionality, eliminating the need for separate antenna components and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover is designed to perform multiple functions simultaneously: it provides mechanical protection for the device while also serving as a mounting platform for antenna arrays and communication modules. This multi-functional design improves wireless connectivity without adding separate dedicated components.
2Manufacturing precision
If fixed antenna panels are used, then manufacturing precision is improved, but adaptability to different coverage requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs adjustable and reconfigurable antenna panels that can be positioned at different angles and orientations. The panels are mounted on mechanisms allowing dynamic adjustment of their placement and orientation, enabling the system to adapt to various coverage requirements while maintaining precise alignment through controlled positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The antenna system is divided into multiple independent panels that can be individually positioned and adjusted. Each panel can be optimized for specific directional coverage, and the modular design allows flexible reconfiguration to meet different communication requirements while maintaining manufacturing precision for each segment.
3Length of moving object
If millimeter wave signals are transmitted to penetrate buildings and vehicles, then communication range is improved, but signal loss increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses adjustable antenna panels positioned on exterior surfaces of buildings and vehicles as intermediary elements. These panels receive millimeter wave signals from base stations and re-transmit them into interior spaces, acting as signal mediators that overcome the penetration limitations of millimeter waves through opaque materials like concrete and metal.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of attempting direct penetration through thick obstacles, the system uses externally mounted antenna panels to establish communication paths through alternative spatial routes. The panels are positioned to create line-of-sight or near-line-of-sight connections, utilizing the external environment as an additional dimension for signal propagation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The PCCC enables efficient millimeter wave signal penetration and communication, overcoming signal loss and coverage limitations, by using flexible antenna arrays and integrated communication modules, thus improving wireless connectivity for mobile devices.
Implementation Method 1
antenna array elements which are capable of wirelessly sending and receiving millimeter wave signals
Data Source
AI summary
An antenna array for millimeter wave communications with a cell tower having a base station which allow for penetration of signals within a vehicle, building, glass or the like. In alternative embodiments, it may be a plurality of antenna arrays in communication with a base station (or cell tower) to provide 360 degrees of reception.